Legal Opinion

Coleman v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1999No. 97-KA-01488-SCTPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

749 So.2d 1003 (1999)

Patrick Leon COLEMAN a/k/a "Pat"

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-01488-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1999.

Donald Rafferty, Andrew Edward Franz, Gulfport, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred III, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., MILLS AND COBB, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Leon Patrick Coleman was convicted by a Harrison County jury of one count of selling a controlled substance, cocaine, and was adjudged an habitual offender. He was sentenced to fifteen (15) years without…

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2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Dominic C. Robinson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  5. McGregory v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008

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